Dalarna
Travel Blogs from Dalarna, Sweden
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Wealth Of A Nation.
... CENTRE of big cities. Our very flash Volvo was about the last car available in Stockholm as it is a huge public holiday here in Sweden (Mid Summer) when everyone goes away. The car seemed so bi,g jammed in its tiny underground parking spot, but we put ...
Hout voor de deur
Van Knivskjelodden naar Voorburg, dat red je niet in één dag, ontbloot bovenlijf of niet. Dus namen wij er ruim de tijd voor. En zo beland je vanzelf in Fins Lapland, wat zeker buiten het winterseizoen een nogal merkwaardige regio is. Verkeersborden ...
Summer Gathering Begins in Leksand
Going to be a long day with getting to Sweden, then to Molnbyggen Strand in Leksand, get set up and hold our first get-acquainted meeting. We left our Uniquestay Hotel in Tallinn at 6:00 am to the airport which is only 12 minutes away. Aside ...
Two meetings/Looking for possible Feast location
... still has advantages, but we're still thinking what's best to do. We know that some would like the Feast in Sweden, but we have to consider what will serve the needs of the brethren, particularly the people in the Baltic Republics and their ability ...
Falun
... I said?) and then I went to visit this cool copper mine. In fact this copper mine was appartently the back-bone of Sweden's economy for several hundred years according to the guide there (who turned out to be Finnish and seemed to enjoy bashing Swedes). ...
Dalarna, home of Swedish folk
Road trip!!! To Mora!!! In the heartland of Sweden, Dalarna country where the views are just stunning and the company fantastic =D. So the five of us (me, Janis, Moritz, Maite and Yee-Ling) left thursday evening...just in time for ...
Sabbath in Leksand/Baptism
... Elvis and Has Mee Hoo. At the Summer Gathering people have come from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Poland, Germany and the United States. There are nine primary languages spoken along with 12 total ...
The Last Day of the Summer Gathering
Today most of us disperse and there is a sadness in the air. The Swedish Summer Gathering has been a total success in getting many of the Nordic/Baltic brethren together. We had a total of 38 come. On high attendance was 34 on the ...
Mora and the Darla Horses
We Spent the day driving around the Swedish country side... which is short for sayin we drove and saw a lot of lakes and forests!!! in the middle we stopped and had a look at the finish line for the Vasa Loppet... and amazing 90km Xcountry ski race which ...
Przystanek w Mora
To był dzień ciągłej jazdy, dlatego cieszylismy sie na kady przystanek. Miejscowość Mora okazała się bardzo sympatyczna - szczególnie pyszne były lody ...
Dalicarlian Tradition
... around the world) are extreme rarities. Pretty much all of the homes were built in the traditional Dalicarlian (a region in Sweden) style and there was like not advertising anywhere or in fact any signs of big "ugly" multinational corporations. I mean ...
Dalarna
My cousin Anna, my Dads older sister's daughter is married to a man called Johan who comes from a place called Dalarna, directly translated means the vales which is north west of Stockholm. They had been down in Karlskrona visiting and for the specific ...
Midsommer!!!
... holiday in Sweden - the day is a public holiday and everyone leaves the cities for country or archipeligo homes. I traveled to Dalarna, a county that I was told is one of the most traditional in Sweden to experience the Maypole, little frog song & ...
Sweden - 2006
I went to Sweden to visit a friend of a friend! We had a great time - I was staying with him at his University Halls and made loads of really great new friends from all over the world. It snowed, it rained, it flooded - and then it for so hot we ...
Kappelskär-Mora
Hääletamises olime me muidugi mõlemad täiesti algajad - mõlemad Eestis paar korda ja mitte eriti iseseisvalt kätt proovinud... Asi, mis me kindlalt teadsime, kiirteel ei tohi hääletada. A kuidas aru saada, kas on kiirtee? Ja soovitus, mis olime ...
Jul i Sverige
Christmas in Sweden! Not long after he landed in London Daniel and I took off for a week in Sweden. It was snowing when we arrived at the Stockholm airport, but it didn't last long. There was snow on the ground for most of the week but more and ...
Tour de France training
Started: Orsa, Sweden Ended: Orsa, Sweden Distance Travelled: 30km by bike. 15km uphill and 15km downhill We're only just able to blog tonight – the energy required to move my fingers is challenging given our day’s excursion. We went to the ...
Telgis...
Ja siis oligi: heitsime magama - sadas, ärkasime hommikul üles - sadas, terve päeva (24. juuni - jaanipäev! - selle päeva olime me lihtsalt telgis kogu aeg) - sadas, läksime õhtul magama - ikka sadas, ja isegi kui ma veel vara-varahommikul veidi ...
Jag förstår inte svenska
Välkommen till Sverige! Daniel and I arrived in Sweden on thursday afternoon. The RyanAir flight was uneventful, and while the plane was quite small and there wasn't much or any snacks provided, it was amazingly cheap and therefore great! There was food ...
Running on empty
Started: Ostersund Ended: Orsa, central Sweden Distance Travelled: 300km Not much to report today. We began things with a session in a local soft play centre so Sophie & Evie could reacquaint themselves with the lives they had left behind. It was ...
Förberedelser
Nu har förberedelserna pågått ett tag. Böcker om Kina skall läsas, ett antal googlingar på platser som kan vara av intresse. Mycket kretsar kring allt jag hoppas hinna med vid sidan av studierna. Det visar sig väl så småningom vad tid jag har ...
Visit i Falun
Via hällregn (som en dusch!) som medgav en hastighet på ca 70 km/ h på en finfin 110-väg nådde vi till slut Falun. Hälsades välkomna av Alex & Lina som dukade upp en strålande middag med jordgubbsdaiquiris, ingefärsgrillade scampi och hemmagjord ...
Dalicarlian Delight
... my 2 month adventure with a 2 day visit to Anna's aunt Birgitta in Leksand, which is in the traditional Dalicarlian region of Sweden. I should note we had a small delay on the train ride up to Leksand since the train hit a moose, which apparently ...
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